H.R. 1955: RESCUE Act
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H.R. 1955: RESCUE Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-17 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
RESCUE Act
Plain summary
Responsible and Effective Spending Cuts of Undesirable Expenditures Act or the RESCUE Act This bill temporarily modifies the requirements for the sequestration process (i.e., automatic spending reductions) that is used to enforce the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO Act), which generally prohibits revenue or direct spending legislation from increasing the deficit. With respect to the first sequestration order issued under the Statutory PAYGO Act after the enactment of this bill, the bill modifies the requirements to (1) require additional reductions to certain programs that were funded in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including programs that are unrelated to the direct health care treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in the United States; and (2) exempt Medicare from the process.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] · 5 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Jim Banks (R-IN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] reported raising $738,092 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1955.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr1955 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117